Word: lexicon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...very little for a man of such wide and varied learning) under his own name, he always put his best scholarship at the disposal of his friends. One of the best instances is the work which he gave to the revision of Lewis's (known as Harper's) Latin Lexicon, which, according to the editors preface, bears throughout the marks of his skill and critical scholarship. One of his smallest works, the pamphlet on Latin Proununciation, has indeed worked a revolution which even the learning of a Munro could never even begin in England...
...translated from the German most of the pieces in the "Juvenile Lyre" (Boston, 1832), and from the "Conversations-Lexicon" nearly enough articles to fill a volume of the Encyclopedia Americana (1828-32). His collections of original hymns, poetry, and poetical translations have been published under the title of "Lyric Gems" (Boston, 1843); "The Psalmist," a noted Baptist hymn book (1843), and "Rock of Ages" 1866-77). Other writings by him are "Life of Rev. Joseph Grafton" (1818), "Missionary Sketches" (1879-1883), "History of Newton, Mass." (1880), "Rambles in Mssion Fields" (1884), and contributions to numerous periodicals...
...CLARK'S SPEECH.Walter Haven Clark spoke last for Yale. He referred the audience to the lexicon definition of independent and allegiance and presented the resolution in its new form: "That political action in accordance with one's own will, judgment or conscience is preferable to unswerving allegiance to party." With the resolution thus in shape he proposed to strike at the root of the matter and consider what is a man's chief duty to civil society. Without doubt it is to establish and maintain a civil government that shall promote the chief ends of civil society, life, liberty...
...Vols. II and III of Bergk's Lyric Poets, Ramsay's Mostellaria and Linwood's Lexicon to Aeschylus have been found, will the finder return to the Library, where they belong, or to Robt. R. Truitt, 852 Main...
Many students cannot afford to purchase the larger dictionaries and as they desire to avail themselves of the greater advantages for study which these works offer, they naturally go to the library to use them. But now one cannot use a Lexicon unless he stands before a rack and holds his books while he studies and meantime he is keeping numerous others waiting...